Short articles of the, "Yes Jesus" Book on prayer. # 99

 

Repeat after Jesus

“Our Father who art in Heaven.”

“Our”

 

The difficulty in private prayer is the agonizing struggle we undergo against selfishness and pride. A lonely man is not as strong as two or more agreeing in their mind and praying together by faith in unity.

There were three men who agreed together and prayed together under strict prohibition in the time of Daniel the prophet. They therefore shared the same destiny in an oven seven times hotter than normal. Not a hair on their heads was scorched and God himself rewarded their prayer and oneness by joining them in the oven.

If we were able to hear their prayer, we would be hearing opening words like these: “Our Father in Heaven,” and whatever followed could not have been much different from the “Lord’s Prayer” which contains within:

The Fatherhood of God, the name of God, the Kingdom of God, the will of God, their dependence upon God, the forgiveness of God that brings communion with God and one another, and for the persevering protection of God wherein securely rests those who seek the Kingdom of God and his righteousness.

To such who pray in this way, all things besides are added.

This is the teaching elder on duty in matters of Prayer.

Gerry Gutierrez.